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{{Short description|Railway line in India and Bangladesh}}
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| name = Old Malda–Abdulpur line
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| type = Railway line in Bangladesh and India
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| status = Functioning
| locale = {{plainlist|*[[Bangladesh]]
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| start = [[Abdulpur Junction railway station]]
| end = [[Old Malda Junction railway station]]
| stations = 26
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| open = 1930
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| gauge = [[Broad-gauge]], {{RailGauge|1676mm}}
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'''Old Malda–Abdulpur line''' was built in 1930 during the [[British India]]n rule. At present, the Bangladesh part of the railway line is operated and maintained under [[Bangladesh Railway]] and the Indian part of the railway line is managed and maintained by [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Railway|author=Quazi Abul Fida}}</ref>

==History==
In 1878, the [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]] was divided into two sections. The first leg was a 185 km journey on the East Bengal State Railway from Calcutta railway station (now [[Sealdah railway station|Sealdah]]) to Damukdia Ghat on the south bank of the [[Padma River]], followed by a second journey across the river by ferry. The North Bengal Railway's 336 km meter gauge line connected Saraghat on the north bank of the Padma with [[Siliguri]].<ref name=njp>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-siliguri.html|title = India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri | publisher= [[Indian Railway Finance Corporation]]|access-date = 12 July 2019}}</ref> The Howrah–New Jalpaiguri main line was gradually converted to broad gauge. The [[Hardinge Bridge]] was opened in 1915, while the Saraghat–Sirajganj line was built by the Sara–Sirajganj Railway Company between 1915-16. Then in 1930, the Abdulpur–Amnura broad gauge line was opened as a branch of the Saraghat–Sirajganj line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp |title=Brief History |publisher=[[Bangladesh Railway]] |access-date=11 July 2019|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220203245/http://www.railway.gov.bd/brief_history.asp |archive-date=20 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/news/railways-colonial-bengal-1726765|title=Railways in colonial Bengal|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref>

==Rohanpur–Singhabad transit==
It is currently functioning as an active transit and is connected to [[Singhabad railway station]] in [[Malda district]], India. The railway entered India for the transport of goods from Bangladesh to [[Nepal]] through an agreement signed on 15 August 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nitdb.org/Ex_Sum_Singhabad-Rohanpur_Route.pdf | title = Executive Summary | access-date = 12 November 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426032103/http://www.nitdb.org/Ex_Sum_Singhabad-Rohanpur_Route.pdf | archive-date = 26 April 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> A new route between Bangladesh and India was provided for through a renegotiation on 6 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/5208/Addendum+to+MOU+between+India+and+Bangladesh+to+facilitate+overland+transit+traffic+between+Bangladesh+and+Nepal |title = Addendum to MOU between India and Bangladesh to facilitate overland transit traffic between Bangladesh and India, 6 September 2011| publisher = [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)]] | access-date = 4 March 2013}}</ref>

Bangladesh started using this transit in 2011 by exporting fertilizers to Nepal. The Singabad–Rohanpur transit point is used from [[Raxaul Junction railway station]] near the border of Nepal to [[Khulna railway station]] in Bangladesh without any transshipment charges.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/5147/Joint+Statement+on+the+occassion+of+the+visit+of+the+PM+of+India+to+Bangladesh |title = Joint Statement on the occasion of the visit of the PM of India to Bangladesh, 7 September 2011| work = Item No. 40 | publisher = Ministry of External Affairs (India) | access-date = 4 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/07/11/bangladesh-export-nepal-thru-i-31397.html|title=Bangladesh export to Nepal thru India resumes tomorrow|publisher=[[Priyo.com|Priyo]]|access-date=12 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181147/http://news.priyo.com/business/2011/07/11/bangladesh-export-nepal-thru-i-31397.html|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Branch line==
A branch of the Old Malda–Abdulpur line runs from Amnura to [[Chapainawabganj]]. The line has two stations. Namely: [[Amnura Bypass railway station]] and [[Chapainawabganj railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/80305/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A5-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8|title=রেলমন্ত্রী আজ আমনুরা বাইপাস রেলপথ উদ্বোধন করবেন|lang=bn|newspaper=[[Daily Inqilab]]|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Transport in Rajshahi]]
[[Category:Rajshahi Division]]
[[Category:Malda district]]
[[Category:Bangladesh–India relations]]
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1930]]
[[Category:Cross-border railway lines in Bangladesh]]
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